Description
About the Author
Maj-Britt Mosegaard Hansen is Professor of French Language and Linguistics at the University of Manchester. She holds a PhD and Higher Doctorate in French Linguistics from the University of Copenhagen, and was elected Fellow of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters in 2013. She is the author of The Function of Discourse Particles: A Study with Special Reference to Spoken Standard French (Benjamins, 1996), and Particles at the Semantics/Pragmatics Interface: Synchronic and Diachronic Issues (Elsevier/Brill, 2008) and of numerous journal articles and book chapters in the areas of French grammar, linguistics, and pragmatics, from both a synchronic and diachronic point of view.
Reviews
This reference book is definitely designed for the grammar gurus among us. Those who use this book will develop heightened analytical skills and enhanced attention to detail. As is naturally the case when comparing and contrasting two languages, the user will improve his/her skills in both languages, so much so that what had previously been a baffling structure will be clearer. * French Review *
I would highly recommend this book, particularly to English-speaking students who are looking to acquire a deeper understanding of the most complicated structures found in standard French. Thorough, accessible, and rich in examples and illustrations, this work should establish itself as standard reference both for students and teachers of French as a foreign language. * Damien Gaucher, Journal of French Language Studies *
This well-written advanced students' reference grammar of French integrates traditional grammar with some well-chosen insights from modern linguistics. It is highly accessible for student and teacher ... This book will improve students' ability to understand formal written French texts, including literary ones. I wish it had been available when I last taught advanced French. I highly recommend it. * Linda R. Waugh, University of Arizona *
The teaching of French grammar in UK secondary and higher education has long been seen as a dreary and arbitrary enunciation of rights and wrongs. This has left many advanced learners and teachers of French starved of a deeper understanding of the principles underlying grammatical rules and of knowledge about the structure of French that linguistics provides. Mosegaard Hansen's book fills this void admirably ... as a lucid and accessible guide to understanding. * Anthony Lodge, University of St Andrews *
Book Information
ISBN 9780198723745
Author Maj-Britt Mosegaard Hansen
Format Paperback
Page Count 416
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 1g
Dimensions(mm) 246mm * 175mm * 22mm